Beatrice Irene Farmer Alford
Date of birth: 21 Feb 1905
Date of death: 11 Dec 1996
Burial Information
Section 06 (Click Here for Section Map)Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0615-01
Status: Occupied
Notes
Obituary
Beatrice Irene Farmer Alford
Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice Irene Farmer Alford, 91, of Greenwood were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 14 at First Baptist Church in Lexington. Officiating ministers were Dr. Mike O’Brien and Rev. Stacey Ferguson. Burial was In Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington with Southern Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Alford died of heart failure on Wednesday, December 11 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Greenwood.
A native of Carroll County, she was a longtime resident of Lexington. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Christian Church. She was the widow of H. T. Alford.
Survivors include: eight sons, Harvey Alford of El Paso, Texas, Willie M. Alford, George Alford of Beaufort, S. C., Herman T. Alford, Jr. of Austell, Georgia, Larkin S. Alford of Greenwood, Lester Alford of Gulfport, Floyd C. Alford of Grafton, North Dakota. and Jeffie Afford of Lexington; four daughters, Juanita Siltman of Quincy, Illinois, Mozelle Perry of Orosi, Calif., Patricia Ann Yoder of Gulfport and Maxine Jones of Yazoo City; sister, Rosa Mae Mims of Black Hawk; 42 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were J. W. Farmer, Billy Mims, Mike Ellis, Jerry Farmer, Joe Farmer, and Johnny Word. Jim Rhyne was an honorary pallbearer.
SOURCE: The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS), December 19, 1996, pg. 7
Family Members
Parents
John Rufus Farmer
1855–1928
Siblings
William Byrd Farmer
1884–1963
John Leonard Farmer
1887–1946
Otis John Farmer
1899–1985
Cecil Erestus Farmer
1907–1988
Rosa Maie Farmer Mims
1911–1997
Gladys Farmer Ellis
1914–1976
Spouse
Herman Theodore Alford, Sr.
1903–1973
Children
Harvey Clyde Alford
1927–2011
Herman Theodore Alford, Jr.
1934–2016
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